This presentation illustrates the health and fitness improvements achieved through small changes in lifestyle habits and draws conclusions about the potential of Gamification strategies and wearable technologies on personal health management. In an age where obesity and lifestyle-related conditions are a severe threat to the sustainability of public health services, the transfer of responsibility for health management away from health professionals and onto technology-empowered citizens could have important implications for the future of society and responsible citizenship.

1. The Impact of Lifestyle Technologies on Society
Responsible Citizenship and Personal Health Management
Technology, Knowledge and Society ConferenceTechnology, Knowledge and Society Conference
Buenos Aires 2016Buenos Aires 2016
David WortleyDavid Wortley

2. Presentation StructurePresentation Structure
● Global Health ChallengesGlobal Health Challenges
● Technology, Lifestyles and ObesityTechnology, Lifestyles and Obesity
● Personal Case StudyPersonal Case Study
● Opportunities and ChallengesOpportunities and Challenges
● Current Research InitiativesCurrent Research Initiatives
● Future Developments and ConclusionsFuture Developments and Conclusions

3. The Key MessageThe Key Message
The Technology Society has global lifestyleThe Technology Society has global lifestyle
related health challenges that demand newrelated health challenges that demand new
relationships between citizens and public healthrelationships between citizens and public health
services enabled by wearable devicesservices enabled by wearable devices

4. USA Obesity TrendsUSA Obesity Trends

5. Lifestyles and HealthLifestyles and Health

6. Causes of Death 1900 vs 2010Causes of Death 1900 vs 2010

7. USA Causes of Death 2000USA Causes of Death 2000

8. The Demographic Health Time BombThe Demographic Health Time Bomb

9. Global Challenge – HealthGlobal Challenge – Health
Obesity, Diabetes, Cancer & Cardiovascular ProblemsObesity, Diabetes, Cancer & Cardiovascular Problems
● Sedentary lifestyleSedentary lifestyle
● Convenience foodsConvenience foods
● Comfort eatingComfort eating
● Inadequate exerciseInadequate exercise
● Couch potato syndromeCouch potato syndrome
● Spectator societySpectator society

10. Health Conditions Linked to ObesityHealth Conditions Linked to Obesity

11. Global Health ChallengesGlobal Health Challenges
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12. Who is Responsible?Who is Responsible?

13. Possible SolutionsPossible Solutions
● Develop clinical solutions that prevent orDevelop clinical solutions that prevent or
manage these conditions ormanage these conditions or
● Influence industry and citizens throughInfluence industry and citizens through
public policy interventions orpublic policy interventions or
● Develop better personal healthDevelop better personal health
management solutions and practicesmanagement solutions and practices
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14. Clinical SolutionsClinical Solutions
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15. Public Policy InterventionsPublic Policy Interventions
Taxes & LegislationTaxes & Legislation
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16. Public Policy InterventionsPublic Policy Interventions
Awareness and EducationAwareness and Education
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17. Better Personal Health ManagementBetter Personal Health Management
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18. Which is the Best Solution?Which is the Best Solution?
Who will Provide the Solution?Who will Provide the Solution?
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Medical Professionals or Politicians or Citizens?Medical Professionals or Politicians or Citizens?

19. The MessageThe Message
Lifestyle Related Conditions are theLifestyle Related Conditions are the
most important cause of prematuremost important cause of premature
death and actions which influencedeath and actions which influence
healthy lifestyles should be adoptedhealthy lifestyles should be adopted
as early as possible in your lifeas early as possible in your life

20. The Transition from Cure to PreventionThe Transition from Cure to Prevention
It’s quite clear that the best chance we have forIt’s quite clear that the best chance we have for
increasing our life spans and overall improvingincreasing our life spans and overall improving
our health is to adjust our personal behavioursour health is to adjust our personal behaviours
and to do so at an early age.and to do so at an early age.
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21. TheThe Problem of theProblem of the Spectator SocietySpectator Society
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Spectators observe but do not get involved in influencing outcomes
- they expect others to make interventions and solve problems

22. The Spectator SocietyThe Spectator Society
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Spectators observe but do not get involved in influencing outcomes
- they expect others to make interventions and solve problems

23. The Spectator SocietyThe Spectator Society
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Impact of Technology on our Locus of Control ?Impact of Technology on our Locus of Control ?
Spectator
Leader / Coach
Player
Fan

24. Changing LifestylesChanging Lifestyles
and Consumer Empowermentand Consumer Empowerment
One of the consequencesOne of the consequences
of this convenient and easyof this convenient and easy
access to our daily wantsaccess to our daily wants
and needs is a decline inand needs is a decline in
the physical and mentalthe physical and mental
challenges necessary forchallenges necessary for
our lifelong developmentour lifelong development
and health maintenanceand health maintenance

25. What can be Done ?What can be Done ?
The consequences of a failure to address these challenges are unthinkable…..The consequences of a failure to address these challenges are unthinkable…..

26. Gamification, TechnologyGamification, Technology and Healthand Health
Leveraging Disruptive Technology to Address Global ChallengesLeveraging Disruptive Technology to Address Global Challenges

27. Personal Case StudyPersonal Case Study

28. An Approach for Better Personal HealthAn Approach for Better Personal Health
Gamification Enabling Technologies

29. Body Composition AnalysisBody Composition Analysis

30. Mobile AppsMobile Apps
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31. Lessons LearntLessons Learnt
● Walking at least 10,000 steps per day improves
physical and mental wellbeing
● Try to walk after every meal
● Focus on eating 30g fibre per day
● Drink water
● Have last meal of the day at least 3 hours before
bed time
● Try to get 8 hours sleep per day if possible

32. Opportunities and ChallengesOpportunities and Challenges
● Infringement of personal privacy
● Potential discrimination against individuals
with bad lifestyle choices
● Potential litigation from users who fall ill
whilst using the devices and applications
● Perceived threat to the medical profession

33. Current Research InitiativesCurrent Research Initiatives
● PEGASOPEGASO
● DOREMIDOREMI
● Rehab@HomeRehab@Home

34. Future Developments and ConclusionsFuture Developments and Conclusions
● Wearable or embedded consumer devicesWearable or embedded consumer devices
providing more advanced health metricsproviding more advanced health metrics
● Healthcare costs linked to lifestyle behavioursHealthcare costs linked to lifestyle behaviours
● Revolution in the healthcare ecosystemRevolution in the healthcare ecosystem
● Use of wearable lifestyle devices for identityUse of wearable lifestyle devices for identity
applicationsapplications
● Growth in embedded devices that not onlyGrowth in embedded devices that not only
monitor but also controlmonitor but also control
● Shift to Personal Health Management CultureShift to Personal Health Management Culture

35. The Empowered Responsible CitizenThe Empowered Responsible Citizen
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Global Health Challenges will not be solved by the Govt, Health
Professionals, the private Sector, Community Organisations or Citizens
alone - it will require engagement of all sectors of society working to a
common vision
(enabled by Gamification strategies and technology?)

36. The Impact of Lifestyle Technologies on Society
Responsible Citizenship and Personal Health Management
Technology, Knowledge and Society ConferenceTechnology, Knowledge and Society Conference
Buenos Aires 2016Buenos Aires 2016
David WortleyDavid Wortley